Wilhelm Arcturus

You know it is all just another loyalty test. Trump probably hands them the box and makes them put the shoes on right then and there, in front of the rest of the cabinet, and notes how they fit. You go along with the humiliation ritual or you're out.

hope you brought a space truck...

Getting a Da Nang '65 vibe... just put troops there to protect other assets and watch the scope expand

Lot of that going around...

But did he pull out the big guns and start calling ship captains chicken while making "bwak bwak bwak" noises?

Pokemon – Into the LeafGreen Ten years ago, at the 20th Pokemon anniversary, I bought a copy of Pokemon Blue, one of the first English translated versions of the Pokemon video game series.  Nintendo had ported it to the DS pla…

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Cyclones Hitting an Ansiblex Making the locals take a longer route

Cyclones Hitting an Ansiblex
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I'd be fine with him simply not signing bills. They become law by default then. But I suspect he will veto everything and post petulantly about it.

Yeah, no kidding. We have a long history of screwing over the Kurds... so long that I am surprised the Syrian Kurds fell for our assurances. We always abandon them. 100%

TAGN Fantasy Critic League 2026 – Week Ten and All The Scores We are here at the far end of week ten, now nearly 20% of the way into the year, and we had a big week.  Not only were there six titles slated to launch this week, but there were some highly antici…

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We could literally legislate this out of existence.

New Star Systems for New Players Coming to EVE Online As part of Thursday’s patch 53 new systems were added to EVE Online. You can’t visit them.  They do not show up on the map.  And you might never get a chance to explore these new places…

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I really need more than 9 slots... but yes, consoles fell by the wayside when I got an Apple II.

Friday Bullet Points about the Odd and Unfortunate Another Friday and it has been a week so I am just going to roll through some news items that have come up recently that had annoyed me or otherwise grabbed a piece of my limited attention span. Hi…

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Maelstroms Jump on Contact Battleships are slow enough, no use waiting around

Maelstroms Jump on Contact
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My 9 Games | 私を構成する9つのゲーム あなたそのものである9本のゲームをシェアしよう。

How does one even limit the field to just nine at my age? If I did it again I'd probably get at least four different entries.

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Guild Wars Reforged – Arrival in Lion’s Arch We got together on Sunday for our next mission.  We had left off at the Gates of Kryta and information that I had seen indicated that success in that would bring us to Lion’s Arch, the big ci…

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never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

Outbound Demo – Trying the Co-Op Angle The Steam Next Fest had been running along, something I have been peripherally aware of.  I have been engaged enough with other titles that I am not actively searching for that next game to play, b…

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That last sentence feels like it has real potential to return as a panel 2 statement

Crane Warping off from an Astrahus Goods to deliver

Crane Warping off from an Astrahus
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Midnight in Azeroth By the time this posts everybody who bought the WoW Midnight expansion should have access, should be able to get into the game, and should be on their way to where ever the expansion leads. A new e…

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The best money can buy!

On the job, checking for that red ring of death, and happy when he discovers another day of successful operation.

All I remember about level 1 Worlds Collide is that it was extremely difficult to do in the default Ibis.

I have been informed that these are soap bubble blowing cigarettes

Occasionally I have this dream where I find that my old BBS has been sitting in a closet, still running this last... 30 years since I shut it down.

But I also dream I still have my old 74 Plymouth now and then, so my brain is clearly living in the past.

I think about my daughter, born just after 9/11, getting to meet my great aunt, who live to be 102, and whose grandfather fought in the US Civil War. Our horizon feels so small sometimes.

I remember General Shinseki being quite the expert in his testimony and being completely ignored by the Bush II administration.

Three plastic boxes, claiming to be cigarettes (One says Marlboro, the other two are Chinese brands) each containing two plastic tubes that sort of look like classic cigarettes with filter tips, and some sort of solution you need to mix that... I don't know, simulates smoke, blows bubbles... it is a mystery.

My wife just sends me links for things to order and when the packages show up I get to say things like, "Honey, your cigarettes have arrived!"

I don't know what these even are. Read the alt text.